Target pasting device



Oct. 1, 1935. w. E. HUMMEL TARGET PASTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 8, 1955 2 grwc rvfm 7 715K. ffummel,

Patented Oct. 1, 19 35 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TARGET PASTING DEVICE Y William E. Hummel, Santa Barbara; Calif. Application January 8,}935, Serial No. 908 1 Claim. (cm-14.5)

This invention relates to a target pasting device.

In target practice the perforations made by projectiles passing through the target are usually sealed over by means of tape formed of paper and the devices ordinarily employed are rather cumbersome and therefore are of such a size that it is inconvenient to carry them around. Two tapes, black and white, are ordinarily employed for the purpose and it frequently happens that separate devices are employed for each kind of tape.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a compact device of convenient size which may be carried in the pocket of the person who attends to the closing of the openings in the tarit get, the device being so constructed that it may be held in one hand of the operator while the other hand may be employed .for drawing the glued tape over the moistener and for tearing oif predeterbined lengths of the tape.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device which will house one or more rolls of glued tape with the housing being provided with an offset portion forming a chamber for 9, moistener, the chamber being provided with an open as end through which the moistener projects and the open end is disposed in such a manner that said end will be in substantially a plane tangent to the circular wall of the housing.

A further object of the invention is the pro- 30 vision of a pasting device including a housing for rolls of glued tape with the housing having an oifset chamber for a moistener, said housing having an outlet and a curved guide for the tape, one wall of the guide forming one wall of the cham- 35 her, a cover being provided for the open end of the chamber and adapted to act as a support for the tape when in open position and when the tape is being drawn over the moistener which projects through the open end of the chamber.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawing formhig a part of the specification; nevertheless, it is 65 to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications as define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

50 In the drawing:

Figure l is a view in perspective of the pasting device constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken along the it line 2-2 of Figure 3, and

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, Ill designates generally a housing having circular end walls II and I2 and a cylindrical wall l3. 5

The end walls It and I2 are removably connected to the cylindrical wall Hi.

The cylindrical wall is provided with a pair of openings l4 and I5 through which the glued tape is adapted to pass and this tape is inserted be- 10 neath a guide member I6 having a central rib l! for maintaining the two tapes in proper position.

Where two types of tape are employed one of the tapes is, wound upon a spool l8, while the other tape is wound upon a spool IS. The inner l5 ends of the spools are in abutment, as shown at 20, and each spool is provided with a flange 2| or 22 as the case may be.

The spools are supported by an axle or pin 25 which has a head 26 abutting the end wall 12 20 while the head 01 a set screw 21 is threaded into a hollow end 28 of the pin whereby the axle or pin is secured to the end walls.

On the spool l8 may be placed a roll 29 of white tape while on the spool I9 is placed a roll 30 of 25 black tape.

Projecting from a housing in is a container 3| which has a chamber 32 to receive a moistener 33. This moistener may be of the usual type such as a sponge or felt which is saturated with a liq- 30 uid. The outer end 34 of the moistener projects slightly beyond the open end 35 of the con tainer 3!.

One wall 35 of the chamber 32 is curved and a plate 31 which is also curved and concentric with 35 the wall 36 forms with the plate 31 a pair of guides for the tape 29. The outer ends of the guides, as shown at 38 and 39, terminate adjacent an edge of the opening 35 of the chamber 32.

A cover 40 is hinged at H on a wall which is 40 opposite the wall 38 and adjacent the outer edge of the wall which partially embraces the opening 35. This cover is curved and substantially closes the opening 35. Side flanges 42 engage the side walls 43 or the container Si. 45

It will be noted that the open end 35 of the container 3! is located substantially in a plane which is parallel to a tangent to the circular wall i3 of the housing l0. The wall which is opposite the curved wall 36 of the container is substan- 59 tially in a plane likewise which is parallel to a tangent to the circular wall it.

The tape normally projects through the openings l4 and i5 and is extended beneath the guide member i6 and sufliciently beyond the same so that it may be grasped by the finger or engaged by the thumb of the operator and moved to be received by one 0! the guide members 30* or 39 as the case may be.

The tape is then threaded through one of the guide members :aor 39' depending upon which tape is employed for the purpose and the cover 40 is opened and laid back so that it projects outwardly 0! the pivot-ll on the container 3|. By this position or the open 'cover 40 the tape will be provided with a rest over which the tape is drawn so that it will neatly be pressed against the projecting end 34 or the moistener 32. I claim: A target pasting device comprising a housing for storing a roll of tape and provided with an outlet through which the tape is threaded, the

housing having an offset portion providing a container for a tape moistener, the container having an open end, a moistener in the container and projecting outwardly oi! the open end thereof, a

curved guide on a wall of the container and having an outlet adjacent an edge of the container so that the tape may be drawn directly over the projecting portion or the moistener and at approximately 9. right angle to the path 0! the tape through the guide, a hinged cover for the open 10 end 01' the container, swingable outwardly therethe moistener.

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